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No. 474,292. Patented May 3, 1892.

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GRATB. No. 474,292. Patented May 3, 1892.

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GRM-ej SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 474,292, dated May 3, 1892.

Application filed April 9, 1891. Serial No. 388,330. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that We, FREDERICK CAREL and WAYLAND F. DAVIDSON, of Char1eston,in the county of Kanawha and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Grates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in grates; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a face View of our improvement. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section. Fig. 3 is a vertical section, and Figs.

. 4t, 5, and 6 are detail views.

The grate proper A is made in the form of a basket having side grate-bars, and is supported to move on a vertical axis.

In the construction shown and preferred the grate is formed with its bottom dropped or curved downward at its outer edge at a, so that the fire can be arranged low and provision be made at the same time for pivoting the grate at its center.

By preference the grate is provided with a socket B, which fits on a journal C on a base D, which may be readily moved into and out of the replace.

In the accompanying drawings We show in Fig. 2 portions of four rooms, in the adjacent corners of which is formed a fireplace E,hav ing openings into each of the rooms and provided with partition-walls F, which extend down close to the top of the grate.

The grate is provided with a partition G, which divides it into two compartments or halves, and with partitions H H, which subdivide such compartments into quarters. The partition Giits at its ends in grooves l in the inner sides of the grate and the partitions I-I 'fit at their outer edges in grooves 2 in the inner sides of the grate, and at their inner edges in grooves g, provided in the partition G. The partitions G and II, when the grate is properly placed in the replace, register with the partitions F, so that a 4quarter-compartment is provided to open into each of the four rooms. By building a ire in any one of the compartments it may be arranged to open into and heat any one or more of the four rooms or to successivelyheat all four of the roomsby properly turning the grate. rlhusif a lire loe burning in one of the compartments opening into one room and occasion should suddenly arise for a iire in one of the other rooms the grate may be quickly turned to bring the compartment with the fire to open into the said room. It is manifest that where desired fires may be lighted in two, three, or all four of the compartments. It is also manifest that. the improvement may be used lin connection with two rooms only, in which case the partitlons H I-I may be omitted. The cover I may loe 1n sections corresponding to the compartments of the grate.

It will be understood that the grate may have a portion of its side imperforate, and when used in connection with several rooms the imperforate portion may be arrange-d to open into the rooms it is not desired to heat. This construction is shown in Fig. 2 and 1s especially desirable when the grate is used to heat a single room, when the grate may be turned with its imperforate side to the front when it is desired to leave the hre unattended-as, for instance, at night. By means of this imperforate side we avoid the danger of sparks, coals, or the like getting out onto the iioor.

It will be noticed that the grate is portable and can be conveniently moved, and, if d esired, itcan be set out in the open air or 1n any outhouse and used for heating or cooking, as may be desired. While the grate may be cast in a single piece, it is preferred to make it in sections or quarters, one of the sections being cast with the socket-piece, and the several sectionsbein g fitted together, as shown,

by means of the lower tenons K ittingin the sockets k of the socket-piece and the upper tenons L iittin g in the sockets Z in the adjacent sections, as will be readily understood from Figs. 2, 3, and 4. IVe also provide fire boards or plates J, which conform to and iit sufficiently close to the grate to shut off the view between two adjoining rooms.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new is 1. A revoluble grate formed in longitudinal sections, one of which is provided with. the pivotal or socket piece and has therein sock IOO ets 7c, the other sections having lower tenons K, fitted in the sockets 7c, and the several sections being provided With upper tenons L, fitted in the sockets l of the adjacent sections, substantially as set forth. l

2. The combination of the iireplace arranged to open into tWo or more rooms, the revoluble grate fitted in said fireplace and provided with a partition dividing it into compartments, and the fire boards or plates J, conformed on their inner edges to and iitted to the grate, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The improved revoluble grate herein described, provided With grooves l and 2 and made in longitudinal sections, one of which has a socket-piece and is provided With sockets k, the other sections being provided with tenons K to fit sockets 7a, and the several sections being provided with tenons L and sockets Z, the partition G, fitted at its ends in grooves l and provided centrally with grooves g, and the partitions H, fitted in grooves 2 and g, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

FREDERICK CAREL. l/VAYLAND F. DAVIDSON.

Witnesses:

P. B. TURPIN, P. J. MCKENNY. 

